File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Feldman, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Dumais, Goldwater,
Gutierrez, Kaiser, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, Parker,
Ross, Stern, Vaughn, Hurson,
Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott,
Hubbard, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks,
Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and
Weldon
- Entitled:
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Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Maternity
Patients - Providing Information about Postpartum Depression
Requiring each hospital or health care facility that provides
maternity and obstetrical services to provide written information
about postpartum depression to maternity patients prior to a patient's
discharge; specifying that failure to meet the requirements of the Act
may not be construed to create a private right of action; etc.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/18
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
Senate Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Finance
- 3/22
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CLINICS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- MENTAL HEALTH
- PATIENTS
- PREGNANCY
- PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-308.7
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 416987/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 16, 2004 at:
11:25 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- House
- March 18, 2004: Third Reading Passed (140-0)